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Where does “amazest” come from?

amazest (English) comes from English amaze, from Middle English amased, from Old English āmasian, from Old English ā-, from Old English ar-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss- — out, outward.

amazest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

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Ancestry of “amazest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishamazeTo fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish,...
2Middle Englishamasedshocked; incapable of action or movement; scared,...
3Old Englishāmasianto perplex, confound; to confuse, astonish
4Old Englishā-a-; away, out
5Old Englishar-—
6Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
7Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
10Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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